Lee Chang Dong ponders the ethics of the camera
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The film tackles the human toll of massive layoffs and subsequent suicides, shedding light on a painful chapter of Korean labor history that still resonates today.
Lee Chang Dong's seventh feature film, Possible Love, is inspired by true events from 2009, when a Korean conglomerate fired a third of its staff - 2,600 employees - after which many died by suicide. Possible Love is the latest in a long line of Lee movies that engage with themes of class or labor or religion or compressed modernity, that uniquely Korean affliction, without feeling didactic. A different kind of movie would have captured the heat of that labor struggle. Possible Love picks up wit
- •Follow reviews and audience reactions to see how the film’s portrayal of the labor struggle is received
- •Watch for any awards or festival screenings that could amplify discussion of the underlying labor issues